All 5 Uses of
perceive
in
Henry IV, Part 2
- Go bear this letter to my Lord of Lancaster; this to the prince; this to the Earl of Westmoreland; and this to old Mistress Ursula, whom I have weekly sworn to marry since I perceived the first white hair of my chin.†
Scene 1.2
- Then you perceive the body of our kingdom How foul it is; what rank diseases grow, And with what danger, near the heart of it.†
Scene 3.1
- His temper, therefore, must be well observed: Chide him for faults, and do it reverently, When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth; But, being moody, give him line and scope, Till that his passions, like a whale on ground, Confound themselves with working.†
Scene 4.4
- Reply not to me with a fool-born jest: Presume not that I am the thing I was; For God doth know, so shall the world perceive, That I have turn'd away my former self; So will I those that kept me company.†
Scene 5.5
- I cannot perceive how, unless you give me your doublet and stuff me out with straw.†
Scene 5.5 *
Definition:
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(perceive as in: perceive the system as unfair) to view in a certain way so as to form a belief or opinion